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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who orders the narrator into a nearby room in "The Airport"?

2. What does the girlfriend of "First Night" hope as the sun rises?

3. In "Nervous" when does the narrator first meet HER?

4. Who is Clarence's telegram from?

5. Why is Norman so distraught in " The Godfather"?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens in "The Barbershop"?

2. Describe how Yardley and Clarence meet in "Be My Valentine".

3. What happens to the narrator in "Sock It To Me" that changes her life?

4. What is the result of the piano player and the narrator's night alone in "Harlem Blues"?

5. In "A Time For Change" what is Bridget upset with her husband Drake about?

6. What does the author of "If You Were Here Right Now" tell her addressee?

7. Describe the narrator's alter ego in "Nervous".

8. Why does SHE leave the boy in the library in "Nervous"?

9. Describe the narrator and Norman's relationship in "The Godfather".

10. Describe what happens to Mira before she marries her husband in "The Bachelorette Party".

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe and analyze the gender role reversals that occur in "A Time For Change" and "Animal Farm". How does this further prove Zane's idea that women's sexual desire has been repressed?

Essay Topic 2

Compare and contrast the sexual desires of the narrator's in "Kissin' Cousins" and "The Voyeur". How do both narrator's demonstrate a level of unemotional connection to the person they sleep with?

Essay Topic 3

Choose a story from each section, Wild, Wilder, and Off Da Damn Hook to describe and explain the sexual repression women are constantly struggling with. Include how each story gets progressively more graphic and less appropriate for the general public.

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